# US 9,038,826 B2 · Stackable cup

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- Number: US 9,038,826 B2
- Document ID: US9038826B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/047,271
- Filed: 2011-03-14
- Published: 2011-07-07
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2008-09-19
- Applicants: Marco David Cocci
- Inventors: Marco David Cocci
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038826B2

## CPC

- A47G 19/23: of stackable type
- A47G 23/0216: {for one glass or cup}
- B65D 21/02: Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together {(stackable containers of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/001)}
- B65D 21/0233: {Nestable containers}
- B65D 25/282: {provided on a local area near to or at the upper edge or rim}
- B65D 69/00: Articles joined together for convenience of storage or transport without the use of packaging elements
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A stackable cup having a rigid handle with an open top, the open top shaped and dimensioned to receive a complementary handle of a stackable cup of the like such that one or more cups may be angularly stacked, the cup having a lip projecting from the open top and extending outwardly to a circular rim, which in turn extends downwardly to define the drinking cup.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A stackable drinking cup comprising:
a rigid elongate handle having a side wall and an open top, the open top shaped and dimensioned to receive a lower end of a complementary handle of a stackable cup of the like to permit stacking of two or more cup handles of the like, wherein the rigid handle has a ruffled surface to provide gliding clearance between a handle inner surface and a handle outer surface of a cup of the like during insertion and separation of the handles, the ruffled surface being defined by concentric stepped sections having progressively smaller diameters from the top of the handle towards the bottom of the handle; and
a lip projecting laterally from the open top and extending transversely outwards from the open top to define a generally circular rim, the rim extending integrally downwardly to define the drinking cup such that the two or more cups are angularly variably stackable about an axis defined by the handles of the two or more cups.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A stackable drinking cup as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rigid elongate handle is a generally conical truncated handle of which the sidewall of the handle tapers upwards and outwards from the lower end of the handle to the open top of the handle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A stackable drinking cup as claimed in claim 2, wherein the taper of the generally conical truncated handle has a taper determined by the clearance required between the rim of the stackable cup and the base of a stackable cup of the like when the two or more stackable cups are angularly stacked in a spiral.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A stackable drinking cup as claimed in claim 3, wherein the lip of the stackable cup includes one or more webs bridged between the rigid handle and the generally circular rim for structurally strengthening the stackable cup.